Insurance is designed to work for services that are unexpected and is a very poor and ineffective method of delivery for routine, expected services. With such a system, costs skyrocket and care is poor.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics
Calling for some sort of decorous avoidance of politics during politicians' funerals is downright ridiculous. It'd be like eulogizing Charles Lindbergh and not mentioning airplanes.
The Media Consortium | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
If the Democrats want healthcare reform, they are going to have to go it alone. Let's hope they pass a bill that would make Sen. Kennedy proud.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.
The Media Consortium | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
Immigration reform and health care reform are inextricably connected. The ugly fact is that a third of all Hispanics in the U.S., almost half of the undocumented, lack health care.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
Do you really want to limit vaccinations only to people who have legal documents, or would you rather everyone get inoculated? Remember, those you exclude will likely have some sort of contact with either you, your kids, or the food you eat at some point.
The Media Consortium | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
The White House is sorely mistaken if it thinks that the public option belongs in the "nice but not necessary" category. Without it, there's little hope of containing costs or reigning in the power of insurance companies.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media
The media is not completely responsible for the state of the debate over healthcare reform. The Democrats have done such a poor job of presenting their case that they really bear the lion's share of blame.
Jesse Larner | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics
In making the rich and employers pay for his pathetic "public option" in an essentially private system, Obama completely fails to understand that health care risks, costs, and benefits should be socialized.
The Media Consortium | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
Republicans and their allies are pressuring Democratic healthcare reformers at townhall meetings around the country. Addie Stan has a blockbuster piece in AlterNet that exposes the network behind the mobs.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."
Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.06.2009 | Business
"Everybody understands," Geithner said on This Week, "that we cannot have our financial system go back to the practices that brought this economy to the brink of collapse." The problem is, it already has.
John Terzano | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
Prosecutors are the most powerful actors in our criminal justice system. Failure to respond to abuses of power is an enormous threat to public safety and to the integrity of our criminal justice system.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.
Mike Nellis | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
I want to pass along the Kansas Democratic Party's petition calling on Congress to enact real health care reform.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics
Obama's legislative style has been to vaguely define what he's for, introduce a plan that is quite obviously open to lots and lots of negotiation, and then sit back and let Congress work it out.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics
Democrats have to get over their knee-jerk reaction to being labeled "tax and spenders" by their opposition. If higher taxes for millionaires are the way to pay for healthcare reform, then let everyone know it, and know why.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.19.2009 | Politics
The message from the Obama White House as it pertained to health care reform was repeated ad-nauseum on Sunday: The president still wants bills out of...
Nancy Keenan | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
We were united in our praise of Sen. Dodd and other members of the Senate for making history by passing the first health-reform bill out of a congressional committee.
John Terzano | Posted 08.14.2009 | Home
Most people find it hard to understand how anyone could ever confess to a crime they did not commit. But it happens over and over again. False confessions are a well-documented reality.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics
Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?
Garrett Johnson | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business
Representative George Miller is waging a lonely war against powerful enemies. He's trying to reform the 401(k) system, a system that most on Wall Street don't want reformed.
Patt Cottingham | Posted 08.06.2009 | World
There is clear evidence that within the Islamic republic there is a growing movement away from the denial of a people's rights toward transparency and truth.
Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics
Drug companies showed a profit of 80 billion dollars last year while the health care industry collected 13 billion in profits. Life is good, and they are spreading all those billions around to the Democrats.
Tri Robinson | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green
When you look at the scope of the world's problems today, the environmental crisis is not one that can be addressed singularly. It is the linchpin of so many different crises.
Kent Holtorf | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics